president obama has so much to cover in his address to the u.n. later this morning. he's got to touch upon iran, israel, syria, egypt, libya but it was some comments he made during 60 minutes last sunday that's grabbing attention on the campaign trail. here's that comment. take a listen. >> any pause about your support for the governments that have come to power following the air rib spring? >> i was pretty certain and continue to be pretty certain that there are going to be bumps in the road. >> reporter: mitt romney jumped on that comment. he said all these recent events in the middle east, the 20,000 deaths in syria, the killing of the american ambassador in libya and the election after brotherhood member to be the egyptian president, he said all of those things are not what he would call bumps in the road. listen. >> we're seeing ourselves at the mercy of the events rather than shaping events. we need an administration that is up to shaping events in the middle east and not seeing them as bumps in the road. >> reporter: the white house called romney's attack desp